Bioshock 2 Preview
Well, as most of us in the gaming universe know, 2K Marin’s highly anticipated (that may be an understatement) sequel to the dystopian shooter Bioshock is scheduled for full-platform release on February 9, 2010. Throughout the past few months, little details of the game’s story have been leaked, to the point where we pretty much know who we’re playing as and who our likely antagonist is. Set 10 years after the events of the first game, Bioshock 2 promises a new world of challenges set in the constantly de-evolving underwater city of Rapture. With Andrew Ryan long gone, Sofia Lamb has taken the helm of Rapture, and her ideas directly oppose the “individuality” of Ryan’s philosophy.
We’ve all heard about the multiplayer aspect (which was missed in the first game). But buying Bioshock 2 for the multiplayer is like buying a Madden game for the graphics. It just isn’t (and shouldn’t be) the reason you’re dropping $60 (USD) on perhaps the biggest release of 2010, thus far. 2K Marin has promised five full multiplayer game modes: Survival of the Fittest (free-for-all), Civil War (team deathmatch), Last Splicer Standing (free-for-all with no respawn), Capture the Sister (capture the flag variant), and Adam Grab (king of the hill variant). The little leaks of multiplayer experience available in video on Xbox Live and Playstation Network seem to show a fairly chaotic experience, with plasmids, guns, traps, and hackable turrets all playing a role.
If 2K Studios’ experience in developing the first game is any indication, the sequel will undoubtedly draw the player into a mysterious and unconventional shooter experience where everything is a weapon (flaming teddy bears?) and the planning aspect of a battle is as important as how much ammo you’re carrying. With any luck, they’ll throw in a “Would you kindly?” just for the sake of nostalgia. Although with the last game’s protagonist, Jack, missing in action, being a Big Daddy (one of the originals, no less) never had such mass appeal. It turns out the little taste of Big Daddy power we got at the end of the first game was just a sample, and Bioshock 2 promises to be a three-course meal.
The major players in Rapture may have changed, but the city is still crying- would you kindly decide the fate of the Sisters, and gaming’s most engrossing underwater dystopia?
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Looks awesome! The whole duel weilding Big Daddy thing should add a lot of depth to the gameplay.